KUR-World meeting

A PUBLIC meeting with be held in Kuranda next week about a proposed $640 million ecoresort. KUR-World is under construction at Myola and includes a luxury 200-room hotel and a three or four-star resort. The meeting from 6-7.30pm on October 26 will be jointly chaired by Bob Madden from Speewah District Residents Group and Cathy Retter from Kuranda Envirocare. Barron River MP Craig Crawford will also attend, along with representatives from KUR-World and Mareeba Shire Council. For more details, contact Sarah via info@kurandaregion.org or (07) 4085 0054.

Daintree visit

ENVIRONMENT and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg is expected to visit the Daintree region early next year in relation to ongoing power concerns. Many homes and businesses north of the Daintree River are powered using generators as the region is not connected to the main power grid. Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the State Government’s “lack of interest” in finding a solution to the issue had prompted him to invite Mr Frydenberg to the Daintree.

Art exhibition

THE experience of migration is explored in artist Heather Tanner’s latest exhibition Migrancy and Yearning for Home. A current James Cook University PhD candidate, Tanner’s work seeks to unveil the complexity of migration through objects and imagery. Migrancy and Yearning for Home is on display at KickArts Contemporary Arts Gallery Two at 96 Abbott St from tomorrow to November 19, with the official opening to be held tonight from 6-8pm.

Fire threat grows

HOMES came under threat last night as several grassfires swept across the Far North. A blaze was “bearing down” on a property at Rossville, 300km north of Cairns, when the Cairns Post went to print. Earlier in the evening crews were also called to a threatening grassfire at Silkwood, near Innisfail. The blaze was quickly brought under control. A “Very High” fire rating remains active across the Cape York Peninsula and Northern Goldfields.